Fetal health shocks and early inequalities in health capital accumulation

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-92

  Wehby, George L ^a   Nyarko, Kwame A ^a   Lopez Camelo, Jorge S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

child health; disparities; health production; inequalities; pregnancy; quantile regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CAPITAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETAL HEALTH SHOCK; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD HEALTH; DISPARITIES; HEALTH PRODUCTION; INEQUALITIES; PREGNANCY; QUANTILE REGRESSION;

CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890552019     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2901     Document Type: Article

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